Various ramblings and musings on gardening, agriculture, food and related subjects.

Friday, February 8, 2008

'Girly Gardens' and Kim Wilkie links

I have a contribution to one of the discussions currently on the marvellous and stimulating Thinking Gardens:

http://www.thinkingardens.co.uk/girly.html

Its part of an ongoing discussion about gender and the garden.

Also, the Vista Debates at the Museum of Garden History are now being made available as podcasts from the Gardens Illustrated website. The December Kim Wilkie session and an interview with Tim Richardson about the debates can be found at:

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On the Gardens Illustrated February podcast I noted a reference to their making available only a "selection" of the Vista lectures. If GI doesn't publish all the Vista lectures, is it possible for you to make them available through some other source? I'm not sure how many people across the pond want to hear all of them, but I certainly do. Thanks for this stimulating undertaking.

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In February I went to Switzerland to do a lecture for the Swiss Hardy Plant Society (rather quaintly called the Swiss Friends of Perennial Plants). Here is the original English version of an interview he did with me. (you can see German and French above). Merci à Xavier Allemann.